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Special Projects

Protests, Rallies, Demonstrations

Funded by the Ford Foundation, the Pacifica Radio Archives selected tapes of protests, rallies, demonstrations, and other public events which have not been auditioned or analyzed since their accession by PRA. The project allows a vast, untapped source of primary material to be identified, saved, publicized and made available to a diverse population of potential users, including the news media, documentarians, and others. (Completion date: December 31, 2006)

The following are examples of tapes preserved. Items marked with the protest icon are now available for online listening.

Freedom Now! Documentary on Civil Rights march in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. Produced by Dale Minor and Chris Koch. [Archives #BB0385A, BB0385B] Listen to audio, Part I; Listen to audio, Part II. Read transcript, Part I (PDF format). Read transcript, Part II (PDF format).

Human Rights march in San Francisco, California, 1964.

Adlai Stevenson, former presidential candidate, speaks in support of nominee John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Democratic Party Rally, San Francisco, California, 1960. [Archives #BB1372.01] Listen to audio. Read transcript (PDF format).

Adlai Stevenson, former presidential candidate, speaks in support of nominee John Fitzgerald Kennedy and the Democratic Party at the Textile Workers Union Convention, Chicago, 1960. [Archives #BB1372.02] Listen to audio. Read transcript (PDF format).

Further Pacifica/UCB Resources

Save Our Sound Tour

Iin April 2005, three PRA staffers and 150 master recordings traveled from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, with these objectives: tape preservation, community outreach, increased access and environmental education. More >>

The Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation & Access Project is funded (in part) by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, grants from the GRAMMY Foundation(r), The Ford Foundation, The Pacifica Foundation, supporters of the Pacifica Radio Archives, members of the Adopt-a-Tape program, and listeners to Pacifica Radio Stations, KPFA, KPFK, KPFT, WBAI, WPFW.